Étude du portfolio de la production orale des apprenants iraniens du FLE (De l’évaluation formative à l’autoévaluation)

Study of oral production portfolio of Iranian learners in French (From formative assessment to self-assessment) Rahmatian, Rouhollah Associate Professor, Tarbiat Modaress University, Tehran, Iran [e-mail] Mehrabi, Marzieh Postgraduate Student in Teaching FFL, Tarbiat Modaress University, Tehran, Iran [e-mail] Kahnemouipour, Jaleh Emeritus Professor, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran [e-mail] Received: ۱۶.۲.۲۰۱۳ Accepted: ۱۴.۸.۲۰۱۳ Nowadays, specialists of teaching commonly agree that the evaluation should be seen as an integral part of language teaching/ learning and it must be done through different tools more compatible like portfolio. This research aimed at examining the applicability and effectiveness of oral production portfolio in a class of FLE in Iran. Specifically, the components of oral competence, namely, the degree of development of grammar, pronunciation and intonation, fluency of speech, discursive competence and interaction among learners were analyzed. After determining the theoretical framework of the subject and synthesizing it, the results of the field study were presented. The corpus was comprised of ۱۱ adult learners of French at level B۱. According to this survey, learners made progress, by means of this approach, in all of identified items of oral production and developed the ability of self- assessment. Keywords: assessment, portfolio, oral production, Iranian learners

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: assessment , portfolio , oral production , Iranian learners